Days gone by

The Eudora City Council approved the employment of Heidi Robinson as the Eudora Police Department's first full-time female police officer. The position was the department's sixth full-time officer.

Janet Gabriel, Eudora, and her husband, Mark, were golfing in a couple's league at Gardner Municipal Golf Course when she hit a hole-in-one on hole 2 using a 7 iron. The distance from the tee box was 140 yards.

The first-place float winner at the CPA Picnic children's parade was The Beach Boys, entered by the Brete Byrne family. Second place Future Farmers of Eudora was entered by Mark and Dana Neis. The Don Ballock family took third place with their Aloha float and the Loewenstein family took fourth.

Stars Wars I, entered by the Campbell, Lockhart and Gadberry children, took first place in the "other" division. Second place went to Beth and Evan Folks for their City of Eudora entry. Creative Kids Daycare was third, Austin Tuggle was fourth and Alex Whitten was fifth.

The Eudora High School class of 1979 took first place with its float entry in the grand parade. Cubs in Camelot was second and Odd Fellow and Rebekahs took third.